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The following pages contain originally BLACK & WHITE photos from the 1920s to the 50s and 60s
that I have colourized with A.I. as accurately as possible.( not manipulated ) .
As a person who has been involved with professional motor racing and professional motor racing photography over the last 70 odd years I feel the results are outstanding. There are critics of colouring historical photos who say that the photos should remain as is - in black and white, but the reality is that they raced in colour !
......not black and white .
Hope Bartlett - Bugatti - Olympia Speedway Maroubra - Dec 1926
H.Cooper - Ballot- with Hope Bartlett - Maroubra 1926
Paul Swedberg's Offenhauser Speedway Midget - Mt Panorama Bathurst 1940
Doug Whiteford's Special - Black Bess , photo courtesy of
David Zeunert
The Dixon Riley
Arnold Glass - HWM Jaguar
Dick Cobden - V12 Ferrari
Arnold Glass - Maserati
Arnold Glass - Maserati and Clive Adams - PRAD tangle.
Arthur & Ken Wylie with The Wylie Javelin - Gnoo Blas - Orange
Bill Shipway's - Cooper Norton - Mt Druitt 1953
Brian Muir sideways in his 48 Series Holden
Col James in The Barclay Mtrs. MG Special # 7
Lex Davison - HWM - Jaguar.
Tony Burke in his P3 Alfa Romeo
Frank Dent with his 100 MPH Austin A30 - Gnoo Blas - Orange
Total Oil Co. Frank Matich - George Murray Renault R8 -
Armstrong 500 - Mt Panorama - Bathurst 1963
The Matich - Murray Renault R8 through Murray's Corner - Bathurst 1963 .
As a 21 year old working for Frank I was given the task of preparing the R8 for Bathurst. We drove up in the car on the Friday, practiced on Saturday, raced on Sunday (7th. in class) and drove home on Monday.
In the Pit Area with the Renault - Carl Kennedy (left) with George Murray in Jarmies - I'm 4th head (green top) from left and Bruce Richardson far right.
My unique photo ( from my Kodak Box Brownie camera) of Jack Brabham and his Cooper HRD # 8 Mt. Druitt - Queen's Coronation Day 1953
Jack autographed the original for me in later years.
(I can't get over how incredible this transformation from b/w to colour is)
George Pearse # 16 - Jack Brabham # 8 - Mt Druitt
Jack Brabham - Cooper Bristol - Mt Druitt
Jack Robinson Jaguar Special # 20 - Mt Druitt - 1953.
On the line - Mt Druitt L to R: Jack Robinson Jaguar Special - Jack Myers WM Cooper - Arnold Glass Super Squalo Ferrari.
Into the Con Rod Straight braking area - 1958 AGP - Bathurst - Stan Jones Maserati 250 F - Lex Davison Ferrari - Ted Gray - Tornado Corvette .
Into Murray's - 1958 Sedan Car Handicap - David McKay Jaguar - John French - Holden - Leo Geohegan Holden.
My good mate - Reg Mulligan sets off for Bathurst with his HWM Jaguar # 30.
The Mulligan HWM Jaguar # 30 cockpit.
Bathurst 1960 - Reg Mulligan HWM Jaguar leads Alex Strachan Lotus 6
into Murrays.
Reg Hunt - Maserati.
Doug Whiteford - Talbot-Lago 26C - Lowood Qld.
Two times World SpeedwayChampion - Ronnie Moore and his Cooper.
The Myers WM Cooper- Huntley Colliery - Hill Climb.
Dapto . NSW
The 6 x 1 3/4" SUs set up by Bill Bressington on show well here.
Stan Jones in the Maserati 250F - photo from the Zeunert Archive.
Car owner Jack Myers talks with Stirling Moss after Stirling had done a few laps at Cumberalnd Oval Speedway ( dirt track ) Parramatta in the WM Cooper.
The Formula Jnr Elfin - we had from Garrie Cooper to evalutate at Frank Matich Mtrs. - Total Service Station Punchbowl in 1962 - 63.
Right : Working on the Lotus 19 Monte Carlo
in the Total workshop. My tool box bottom left corner - the Lotus Sequential gearbox
( often referred to as the Queer Box) top LH corner.
Ray Gibbs - REPCO Holden - Cooper - leads Tom Clark ( NZ) in the Super Squalo Ferrari - Bathurst top of the Mountain.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing the transformation of these original black & white photos to colour - to see how it was when they raced...Brian.
